Efficient AI is now an operating discipline
Most firms are still deploying frontier AI where smaller, cheaper, and more private models would do the job with no material loss in output. The next advantage will not come from buying the smartest model for every task. It will come from allocating intelligence with the same discipline used to allocate capital, labor, and plant capacity.
The Atoms Compute Stack: why physical industries are starting to behave like systems
AI is no longer confined to generating content or supporting analysis. It is beginning to coordinate physical systems in real time, shifting advantage toward those who can govern decisions across infrastructure, flow, and execution.